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Pretty pumped about the finale, yo
The fuck did I just watch?
IPerhaps I was a tad naive to expect more answers than to receive exponentially more questions lol.
I dunno--it kinda felt like this should've been the halfway (maaaybe 3/4) mark of the season, because right now I'm just wondering what the point was for much of the season (e.g. Audrey Horne)
Wait, wait, wait; hold on, now--since when are those two scenarios my only options? ;P I'm not saying the world of Twin Peaks needed to be injected w/ some good ol' fashioned, happy Hollywood ending (pretty sure noone was expecting that to be in the cards), but rather I'm of the opinion that such a late, game-changing plot point might not have, in my opinion, been the most gratifying way to end a series after a 25+ year hiatus. That's not to say I'm not intrigued by what the creators presented--I just wish they found a way to properly explore this new avenue rather than dropping it on us at the very end. Of course, if there is a 4th season, then my criticism is pretty much moot (but I always kinda pegged this season as more of a "one off," where there wasn't any genuine expectation of further episodes to the series).It wouldn't be Lynch/Frost if we didn't have questions at the end. Personally, I'd have been pretty disappointed if the last scene was everyone having a love fest at the Twin Peaks Sheriff station with everyone having coffee and pie.
Now this was one of more memorable viewing experiences. The reactions to the ending are very much reminiscent of The Sopranos.
By the time Part 17 was finishing, I was frankly mortified by some of the choices Lynch and Frost made. Some of the scenes (the dreadful glove vs. BOB bouncing ball for one) still make me cringe.
But then Part 18 turned some of those choices on its head and the whole thing made - thematic if not narrative - sense. There are some parallels to the original series finale here. The more I think about the ambiguous events in Part 18, the more I like how it ends.
Pretty much the entirety of Part 18 has this feeling that something with our hero's choices - which seemed so naive and well-intended in Part 17 - went very wrong. Even Cooper doesn't quite seem like himself there (he has more mannerisms akin to Evil Coop? - not to mention that Diane covers his face in that weird sex scene).
While he was lost in the Black Lodge in the original series finale, he seems lost now in the "real world" - a world that he somehow helped create but is not nearly what he had in mind. Consequences of trauma are still there and they cannot be so easily dismissed. Cooper tried playing god... and ended up not even knowing what the time is.
The ideas presented are brilliant. It will take a rewatch to see whether the execution of those ideas is just as good. Curious to see how Part 17 will sit with me after that total mindfuck of a finale.
Wait, wait, wait; hold on, now--since when are those two scenarios my only options? ;P I'm not saying the world of Twin Peaks needed to be injected w/ some good ol' fashioned, happy Hollywood ending (pretty sure noone was expecting that to be in the cards), but rather I'm of the opinion that such a late, game-changing plot point might not have, in my opinion, been the most gratifying way to end a series after a 25+ year hiatus. That's not to say I'm not intrigued by what the creators presented--I just wish they found a way to properly explore this new avenue rather than dropping it on us at the very end. Of course, if there is a 4th season, then my criticism is pretty much moot (but I always kinda pegged this season as more of a "one off," where there wasn't any genuine expectation of further episodes to the series).
https://www.reddit.com/r/twinpeaks/...terperetation_of_the/?st=J76W0XKA&sh=f449b706
This is one of the best interpretations I've read so far.
A fucking massive shiver went through my body when Laura screamed and the lights in the house went out. Holy shit.
Bring on Season 4. Please.
https://www.reddit.com/r/twinpeaks/...terperetation_of_the/?st=J76W0XKA&sh=f449b706
This is one of the best interpretations I've read so far.
I don't think Cooper is the symbol of human futility, since the Dougie storyline clearly proves he can have tremendous good influence on the world and the people around him, but I feel the finale shows he is a symbol of the arrogance of good intentions. He went too far.